The times dispatch. [volume], September 04, 1912, Image 1

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HENRYR.POLLARD
STRIKES RACK AT
CAPT. IFCARTHf
Bra ids His Campaign
Talk as Slanderous
in Extreme.
NO GROUND FOR
WANTON ATTACK
fCity Attorney Quotes Meredith,
i Rountree and Morris, Who
Support His Statement as to
Method of Drafting Char?
ter Amern .ents in
Committee.
[ In a public statement Issued yester-|
rday. City Attorn-y Henry R Pollard'
characterized certain statements made;
I by Captain Carlton McCarthy In ?
campaign address as slanderous in the j
extreme, ; nd exhibiting a reckless and!
I "wanton. If r.ot malicious disregard Of j
sinoth-rs reputation.1' lit the course
; of an addr.ss on the night of August
123, in support cf his candidacy for the]
^Administrative Board, captain Mc?
Carthy roundly attacked the '.'ouncll 1
|of the city, asserting thai if results
f-wcre to come froni the Administrative
JBuard, they would come aft- r war |
'with the Council, hot ns a result of
<co-opcratioii. In his remarks he rc
;l'-tred to the Special committee which
.drafted the charter amendments, as
'sertlng that Chairman Pollock. City
Attorney Pollard and otheia had 'in- j
genlously" prepared the act. giving the |
board authorltj to employ only minor
.employes, and leaving I:, lh< hands of I
tlte City Council 'he ejection of such
officials ts the city Attorney' it is
in reply to the insinuation that his
actions in connection with the special
.committee were with any personal
ulterior motive that Mr. Pollard has
prepared his statement, which follows
Hi full:
>l r. Pollnrd's Statement.
Si pt ember 3, lit -'.
? ?
v ? ? k i vacation and after mature con?
sideration 1 tlr.d myself unable and un?
willing <o rem.?tn silent under the i
gratuitous and wholly unfounded at- |
tack made upon me by Captain Carlton
McCarthy In a recent speech quoted
In The Times-Ids patch of August 2*,
1912. Captain McCarthy Is .reported to
the city government. H has hung
like a millstone about its neck and
dragged It down. No better proof of
this fact Is i.ceded than the spectacle
of Its 'jw.i members, now candidates
'for the Administrative Uoard. de?
nouncing H as Incompetent and anti
quati 1.
"This very board, of which so much
?If. expected, has been carefully devised
to perpetuate the o'.d system as far as
possible. It Ii an administrative
[board, but what will it administer. I'll
; i. 11 you. Unless the statute creating
? means something far different from
i what I interpret it to mean. It will
j administer the whims and the caprices
,and the orders of th< 1 I defy
.any lawyer or layman to prove the con
Itraryi it will take wat -.vim the
(Council, not harmony, as some o; the
candidate's preach, to make it serve
a good purpose.
"Do you think that Gilbert Pollock
? and H. R- Pollard, these and other gen
I tlemen who had a hand In drawing
MP this Ingenous act for the creation
of the Administrative Board, are chll
j<ircn? With what beautiful Ingenuity
, it was drawn Does the act give the
board control over the appointment or
salaries of the City Attorney or his
assistant, or any other of the big
1 (.Ulcers of the city? No. The board
will bo given the power to hire or
.?lischarge 1,000 or morri city employes?
a politically uncomfortable responsi?
bility of wnicb the Council wanted to
be rid.
j "Do you think anybody had any ul- i
lleribr purpose in drawing up the act
In this form? I do. 1 say If this
boafu Is to amount to anything. It
' will come as a result of a conflict With
the Council. It ih Inevitable, for it is
a remedy for the Inefficiency of the
j Council. While I -.ire peace. If
elected 'o the board l shall go pre?
pared for war."
without Pouudutlon, Says Pollard.
This statement Is without any found
action whatever In fact, it is slander?
ous in the extreme, and exhibits a
reckless and wanton, If not a malicious I
disregard of another's reputation. j
The charter amendments referred iu
resulted from tne unanimous action of
a committee composed of Messrs. c. K.
Pollock, F. Mi Iteadc, It. (>. Rennolds,
John H. Don Levy and John J. Lynch
of the Council, and M? ssrs. C. V. Mere?
dith, L. '/.. Morris and H. \V. Rountree,
ns a Citizens' Committee.
That Captain McCarthy Is Ignorant
of the facts whereof he speaks, and
that he Is without any -justification
whatever for Ills w.niton attack upon
nie, Is made plain by the following
communications, to which the atten?
tion Of thu public is Invited.
Respectfully.
H. It. POLLARD.
Mr. Meredith's Letter.
September 1912.
Mr. Henry R. Pollard. City.
My dear Sir.?At your request 1
write to give you my recollection as
to how the act, creating the Adminis?
trative Board, contains the provision,
that the City Attorney should be
eb-cted by the Cltj t'ouncll instead of
by the board.'
I am very positive that you made
no suggestion whatever along thnt
line, ftfr took any part in the discus
?Ion over that feature of the act. I
nm equally as positive that the nug
geation came from me. My recollec?
tion Is that I offered, as reasons, to I
that course, the following:
That as the City Council was to
remain the legislative body, and hence
' (C c?it I nut d~n floventh Page.)
NOT A THING OF JOY NOW
Tafl 'l Mnk?. in Mncoln'a Time I'resl
dencj ".Vu>< Have Ueen a Perfect Hell."
Boston, Mass.. September u.?['real
dent Tuft tu-night contrasted theicon
dlttons tliut confronted a President 'n
ttit. days of the spoils system with tho
?yatem of appolntcmnt under the civil
service, futtacked the Democratic Houso
or Representatives for attempting to
limit tlie tenure of government cm
[iloyus mid declared that so long as
ho has the power no Old government
clerk Miocd fear discharge unless the
United States has adopted a system of
t: I v 11 service pensions to keep htm
from want In ills old ago.
1 The President spoke tin Paneull Hall
to several hundred posl-ofllce em?
ployes now In eonveniIon here. lie.
said that thtj Job of President In Ines?!
days is not .1 >tiling of Joy when ap?
pointments are considered, but the
times of Uncoln. he added, "must have
been a perfect hell "
Mr. Taft ?mot?red In from Beverly
three hours before his train leit tor
Washington to-nlghl to speak to the
elerks. He limped Into t-aneull Hall
with his right foot In 'bandages and
wearing on It a loose-felt slipp'r In?
stead of a shoe The foot was Injutei
several years ago while Mr. ?Taft was
playing golf, and lately h< strained
it again. He was able to stand without
aid to-night, and did not use-f. cane In
walking. It was expected that he will j
be able to go out on the links ?g;ilu
when he rcturns'to Beverly Saturday;
J. 0. WRIGHT RESIGNS
He Quits \\..rl. nl Draining Florida
I.?<? ruin lien.
Tsllahassee, Pia . September 3i?J
O. Wright, chief 'draiuago engineer of:
t.-,< Mate of Florida, who has been in
? i.arge of the work of draining thu
everglades, has tendered his resigna?
tion according to >an announcement
mad- here to-day. A-'.lon on the resig?
nation is expert- d at the next meeting
of the' trust.es of t:.- Florida Internal
Improvement Fund.?
Wright formerly was a Federal en-'
gineer, but reslirned from the govern?
ment service to take ids present posi?
tion. Ills name was br?tlg t out ?te-'.
cehtly in connection wit!. th? congres?
sional investigation of alleged fraudu?
lent land deals In the everglades
Charges recently ? ver. preferred
against Wright by two subordinates,
otie of whom has hecn discharged from ?
the state service for criticizing the;
chief engineer An answer to these
charges ?was filed by Wright, but no!
action !n regard to the matter was
taken by ,the State board.
It was charged that he had accepted
a large s.ib.ry from .on- of the 1; . 1
companies to act as supervising cng(-j|
neer for the concern while be vVai
representing the State
HIS BARE LEGS COVERED
.Member of Iloune of David Huna
t gainst i It) Ordinance,
Atlantic I'll;.. N. J., September 3 ? i
One of th? curious modes, i f drc-s of.
tlie Israelit, n of the Houi e >f Davii
.-? religious cult which has thriving ;
colony at Ben t?n Harboi Ml' ran!
bump Into an Atlantic city ordinance!
yesterday. The c!.l?( of the cult, flow?
ing halt reaching nearly to hie waist. I
legs naked and feet Handled; walk*
majestically info the office of the chlet
of police to obtain a permit to eh
Itghten tie people on the street cor?
ners. With htrn was one of the sis?
ters.
"You can talk." s.-.id the chief, "b it
not In that rig unless you cover It "up
with a raincoat. Tr...-re'? an ordinance
here in Atlantic City that was aimed
at the bather's, but I see It hits you." |
Ti..- rellglouii leader was sad that
his religion should bi robbed of ,onei
of Its distinctive features, but when
he and the sister apeared ? n the str-->t
last night raincoats covered the scanty
garb affected by the Israelites of tho
House ..; I e l.I T! e r h. ir Iio a
ever, was still |oo?e to the .fa/eeze, and
ANNIVERSARY TO DAY
Tblrt) tears into Incnnilexcrnt l.lght
inii weis inniiRurntrd.
New York. .September ?To-morrow
will mark the thirtieth anniversary of
the beginning of commercial incan
d es cent lighting. .September i. um,
Thomas a Edison started In operation
the world's first central station In an
old brick building In lower New York.
The pow.-r house contained only a sin?
gle dynamo, and current was sent
through underground cables into some
) 10 lamps distributed throughout a
territory of a square mile.
The original territory was selected
because most of the offices were closed
at night, thus giving F.dlson a chance
to t.st his wir.-s should any trouble
manifest itself. Among the first build?
ings supplied wo.-.- the army office,
the Times and Herald offices and the
headquarters of J. p. Morgan & Co.,
which had a lavish equipment. Includ
iiii-- ; .6 llchts This was considered
a remarkable achievement.
OCEAN PARK DESTROYED
Flames On Damage fSatlmated in
(((,000,000.
I..os Angeles, Cal., September ft._
Fire, which started in the Casino Cafe
at Ocean Park, a beach resort twen
tv miles from t.Os Angeles, this after?
noon, destroyed the centre of the
Ocean Park concession and business
-nit The Decatur Hotel, Frazler
Pier, Casino and Auditorium are
among the buildings burned, and the
loss will approximate Jl.0fio.ooo.
Before the ft re was brought under
control the damage to property
amounted to $8,000,000,
K. W. Ueach, chief at the Casino
Cafe, penned in at end of the Frazler
Pier, jumped into the ocean and was
?1 rowned.
Heroic rescues of women were made
at the Oecntur Hotel.
CLUBS FOR MASHERS
The> Win (let i.e.nl Healing If Judge
llnx Ills Way.
St. Paul. Minn.. September 3,?Mash?
ers in St. Paul are in for a clubbing
at the hands of policemen. The latter
will not fear to give It to them, for
they lixive been ordered to do so by a
judi;c of tlie Municipal Court.
"Ott the man mashers parading St
Paul Streets and Insulting women."
said .fudge Pinchout yesterday. "If
you catch thein, give them a good club?
bing, besides arresting them."
BANKS GIVE WAY
ftnrrlern of Brie f.imnl Burnt, Putting
It out of Service.
Rochester, \. V., September 3.?The
Erie Canal went out r.on feet west
of Bushnell's basin this morning at
the same spot where the break oc?
curred n year ago. All the new work
and reinforced concrete put In by
tile .slate at the time Is washed away,
und a large area is under water. The
cnnnl will be out of servlco for a long
time, , j
1
Seaboard and Connec?
tion Company Ask
Tax Reduction.
RICHMOND LINE
HEAVILY TAXED,
Link Between Elba and Byrd
Street Seeks Lower Valuation,
as Do Seaboard, L. & N. and
N. d- P. Belt Line?No
Decision by Com?
mission.
Application for reduction In valua-t
ion of its roadbed and track for taxa.j
Ion ?.?s made to the State Corpora
ion Commission yesterday at the an
?ai tax hearings l>> the Hlchmond.
'redi rlcksburg ana Potomac and Rich
lond and Petersburg connection com.j
any. This, railroad with the long j
im< Is only j.oj rnlh a In length, run
ilhg between Byrd Street and Elba
tations, In this City, but la said to be
axed to a greater degree per mile
nan any other piece of roadbed and,
?
Allen caperton Braxton appeared for!
no 1 dnhectton company, as well as
01 ; ?. Washington Southern Railway
ihd the Richmond yvi d^rtcksburg and
'ptornac Railroad. Tic r.- was no talk 1
? f reducing the assessment on the
Vashlnc ton-Southern. The connection
ompany Is leased to the Richmond.
'r< 'ir ricKsburg and Potomac Run
ilng, an It does, through the heart of.
llortrnond. and being a vital part of
he Richmond-Washington line, it Is
? ry heavily taxed.
? ilhern U nut Lower Valuations,
'
jf these is the Seaboard .\:r Line Rail-1
*'?>", Which, through its attorney. E.
I'.ar.dolph Williams. asked for lo'werj
valuation on its roadway between ?cca
Ihd the North Carolina line, and on its
line running south fro.-r. Portsmouth.
Thi seaboard, said Mr. William.,, has
noi paid a dividend in a decade. It Is,:
and ti-.e State Imposes a burden
on it.
?\?"th.-r road which thinks it Is pay.
|njg top much is the l.oulsvtlb and
Nashville. This Is the only Sine which
made a specific request Its track and
r ladbed; not grading as standard, is!
now assessed .it $16..?00 the mile, c oi
Bradford, of Louisville, real estate
? ?^?:,t for the road, asked that this h
reduced to 115,000 The Louisville and
Nashville operates in virgin:., A i:n.
between Cumberland Gap. on the Ten?
nessee and Kentucky horder, to Xor
ton. where it connects with the No:-.
folk and Western,
One more application for a smaller
assessment w.,s made by the Nor?
folk an-i Portsmouth Belt Line, which
thinks It should have a reduction oil
one .md three-quarter miles of road
leased from the Southern Railway.
The belt line was represented by '
?Judge Thomas II. WiUcox.
<?ilier (toads on '.land.
The Norfolk-Southern was repre- |
sertcl by Morris S. Hawkins, its sec- j
ct.-,:>?; th, Southern and the Virginia
and Southwestern tZpPa Hutiton.
Jr., their attorney, the Atlantic Coast
I.tt.e by Alexander Hamilton, its first
vice-president and general counsel, I
and the Chesapeake and Ohio by \, j j
Rooney, Its tax agent. None of these
made a request for more favorable
rulings In the matter of taxation, but '
they merely presented their usual re?
ports regarding gross earnings, new
stations und such matte.- as required
b> law. No citizen appeared to say,
that the railroad assessments are too
low.
The Corporation Commission took :
the various applications under con. |
slderatton and will render Its Judg- 1
ment later. The annual tax heatings
began at 10 o'clock, and were con-!
eluded, as far as steam railroads are i
concerned, within an hour.
There will bo 110 hearing to-day. |
.The commission will to-morrow hear
the ll^lu. heat and power companies,
the electric tall ways, the gas com- ;
panles and the water companies or
the State. The henrlngs on Friday;
will be given to the telephone com- ,
panles, telegraph companies. canal ,
[companies, steamboat companies ana ;
'express companies.
BUSY DAY FOR WILSON
He Will Slftpt Representatives of For?
eign Language Xewapupersi.
New York. September 3.?In add!
; tlon to his other engagements In this '
city to-morrow. Governor Woodrow
Wilson will meet editors, writers and
', publishers of Italian. German, Ylddlsn.
French and Hungarian newspapers of
I this country ami correspondents of
foreign publications. it l? expect?o
that Governor Wilson will discuss tm
; migration with the representatives or
the foreign language papers. He will
I meet them at the National Arts Club
I at 4 :30 o'clock.
! Arrangements wore completed to?
day for toe dollar dinner of the Work -
liigmen's Club at the YOrkvllle Casino,
which Governor Wilson will attend in
i the evening. The galleries will bo
: thrown open to those who cannot be
' accommodated at the banquet tables.
Some of the speakers besides Gover
I nor Wilson will be Representative
: Sulzer, State Senator Robert F. Wag
I ner and Mrs. John Sherwln Crosby.
I president of the Women's National
i Democratic League.
BASEBALL FATALITIES
line noy liend nml Another Dylnir as
Result of Initirles.
Philadelphia, September 3.?One bov?
is dead and another dying as the result
of Injuries received in a basehall game
here. John Cajdwell, seventeen, was
sp!ked In sliding to a base and de
' veloped a case of blood poisoning, from
I which he dbd last night Prank
Wende, sixteen. While awaiting his
turn nt bat. Stood too near the plate,
and was hit by a pitched ball, which
i fractured, his skull. Ho cannot re
j cover.
BECKER. IN COURT,
REFUSES TG PLEAD
- i
Trial of Accused Officer
Is Set for Septem?
ber 12.
CHANGE OF VENUE
IS NOT SOUGHT
Attorney Asks That Case Be
Postponed Until "Present Hys?
teria and Clamor" Have
Passed?Refuges for Pro?
tegees of "Vice Trust"
Are Discovered.
Hayes May Reveal
Workings of "System
\pn 'Jork. September :t-?Police
Captain Cornelius Hare*, recent?
ly demoted from the rank nf In?
spector hj Police < onamlsstoncr
Waldo, went lui.i secret conference
nt the Dar Vssoelatlon lux- lo-nlgbl
?Ith District \tc.r:ir> WbltmOO,
'Iii.* conference, when ii^o of It
became known, :!io- rise to reports
ilit.t the prosecutor would soon lo?
in possession nf sensational ?'?I.
ilencc renrnrdlnn the police ??*>?
tem" and its alleged methods of col.
lecttug cr.-ift.
Ilnycn, who Is nbnnt to ru to trial
on ih?- charm- of falsely statins;
that lie had received Instructions
from < omralssloner Waldo not to
rnlil disorderly houses nnlcsn spe
clHcnli] ordered ?.. ilo so by the
commissioner, requested the con?
ference. It Is usdrrstnod, ninl took
?Ith Ii I in his rounsel, Thomas it
'I batcher,
New York. Septem!.'er ".?The trial
of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
on an indictment charging him with
the murder of the gamble t, Herman
iio.;- itth?l, will begin hero Thursday.
September 12, before Supreme Court
Justice .John W. ?off, appointed by
Opvei'hor blx to make u "relentless
Investigation Into all the ramifications
o( the ftosohthal murder."
Tile date was fixed to-day after the
cbs'i had be,n transferred from the
Court of General Sessions to the ex?
traordinary te.-m of the Supreme
i'ourt, No date was Bet for tlie trial
of the six others indicted with Beck
. r. Beokht* was arraigned for plead?
ing, but >n tho advice of counsel ho
refused to plead. A technical plea of
not guilty was thereupon entered for
him by the court
District Attorney Whitman began to?
day the examination of u panel of
llfty men. from whlcli will be chosen
th< grand jury to which "ny evidence
obtained at the johii pot graft p;o
? dings will be submitted.
To the surprise of all. Becker's law.
yer did not ask for a change of venue,
lie reuticsfedi howeVer. that the trial
be set for some time about the middle
of October, when the "present hysteria
and clamor" should have subsided.'
This was necessary, he said, In order
that his client might have a fair and
impa: tilll trial.
Becker cam- Into court nonchalantly
a fid pl-.tsautly greeted several friends.
He stood erect with his arm resting
on the railing before the bar and fol?
lowed the proceedings closely.
Refuges Illscovcreil.
Aside from tr.f- arraignment of Beck,
er, most interesting of tlie day's de?
velopments In the Rosenthal case on
this side of the Atlantic was the dis?
covery by the district attorney's office
of two alleged refuges, conducted by
the so-called ''vice trust," and the re?
port that a considerable sum of money
belonging to Becker had been traced
to port Jervls, X. y. The refuses un?
covered were said to be a hotel in Ho.
hoken. N. J? and four cotfkges at fjen
te'rvllle, Sullivan County, x Y.. where
workers of tin- underworld who might
be caught as witnesses f.-.r tlie prose?
cution could bide their time quietly
until the storm blew over.
Some startling evidence on the sub?
ject of police graft in New Vork city
is likely to be revealed In fhe reports
of the aldcrmanlc Investigating com?
mittee, which Is jus! beginning to work
here.
Evidence has been submitted to the
committee within the past twenty
four hours, covering a period of three
years and involving nineteen police In?
spectors or captains nnd numerous
lesser officers in graft charges.
It is said that two poll.-,. Inspec?
tors In Manhattan districts, twelve
police captains of the same borough,
one police captain In tlie Bronx and
four in Brooklyn have been enriched
by the toll front disorderly houses
in I gambling ileus Further, it is as
set'ted that several police officials had
confidential relations with pickpockets
nnd thieves.
The criminals, it is sail, have been
permitted to ply their Illegitimate
railings on a percentage basis. One
hnlf of the proceeds of their loot, paid
out nt any one of a dozen fences
throughout tin- city, is Understood to
have been turned over to the graft
collectors.
it is announced that William .1
Flynn, chief of tlie local secret ser?
vice, has accepted the post offered him
by the Investigating committee. He
will act in on advisory capacity.
fotipe rears to Return.
Liverpool, Eng. t-optomber S,?
Thomas Coupe, formelv night clerk in
the Elks' Club in Now York City, and
an eyewitness to the murder of the
gambler. Herman Ttosenth^l. was met
by two local detectives when the
steamship Lusltanla docked here to?
day, lie was not placed under arrest,
hut was Informed by them that Dis?
trict Attorney Whitman, of New York,
wanted him to return as a witness for
the trial of Police Lieutenant Becker.
(Continued on Third Page.)
BEAT si itvn E to CALIFORNIA,
Standard er tourlai Latter personally con
ducted without chance. Berth la. Washing?
ton-Sunset Houle, W7 Lait Main tHrect.
Their Determined Battle
for Suffrage Appar?
ently Is Lost.
EARLY RETURNS
TELL OF DEFEAT
Big Cities Where Fight Was
Waged Go Against Them,
and Country Vote Will Not
Change Result?Most of
Important Amendments
Arc Carried.
Columbus. Ohl".. September 3.?The
??omen "f Ohio failed to-day in their
effort t., gain the ballot, according to
indications of the early returns to?
night on the vote on lorty-two pro?
posed constitutional amendments.
While the earliest tig urea on which
this result is based come almost en?
tirely from the Urgeer cities of the
state. Clei'eland, Cincinnati, Colum?
bus, Toledo and Dayton. It was la
those places where the suffragists
wag-el their most determined tights,
and politicians .-.i'. i thy result would
not in- changed by th< final rosultsi
Most of tio mole important of the
foity-two pr,*pose,| ntn.<:;dm?nt>. it is
believed, win i?; carried.
The rirsi ;;.'7 precincts of the 5,197
In the State g|vi tiic/following Vote:
Equal suffrage ? V, s, MjSlS; no. .'?"..
117.
Initiative and referendum?Yes. 30.
951 no. s.'.7t.
Five ntliiloh dollar good roads bond
Issue?Yes. "7-.-. no. 15.555.
Municipal home rule?Yes, 30,915; no,
7.692.
Liquor ill ? nsc?y, s. :M.::r'7: no. s.
The women, it is said, will not give
up their right for the ballot, however,
but plan to make use of the Initiative
and referendum to gain another vote.
FARMERS AR*E IN SESSION
Tlifj l-ln<*ns;r In Heated Helmte Over
I'm i. I'lntfm ni,
Chattanooga. Tenh., September .1 ?
Tio- eighth annual convention of the
farmers' l)hl6n coiivjned here to-day.
About 800 delegates are in attendance,
representing ev ry .-tat. west of the
Ohio and south of tie Potomac River.
Addresses of welcome by the Mayor, the
state president, I.. M. Rhoades. ami re?
sponses and addresses by delegates
featured the morning Fission.
Durlnir the disc llsslop of the officers'
report.; this afternoon heated debate
followed referenc? to the utWtudo "t
the var'ous party national platforms
and different branches of the Federal
goverhnient towards the farmer. Dls
, .s^.on centred about the parcels post,
nntl-gumbllng legislation, restriction
of undesirable Immigration, more lib?
eral appropriations for agricultural
purposes of rc-establlshment of the
Country L'fc Commission, the Introduc
t'on of some rural credit system and
the threat of a division of markets.
Luring the discussion 01 the need
of the development of the science of
marketing and the failure of Congress
to respond to legislative demands of
the farmers for tills ana other legis
latlon. the question of the member?
ship taking some such hand in prac?
tical politics as that taken by the
American Federation of Labor .ina pre?
vious farmers organization, became a
very lively topic.
BEACH CASE POSTPONED
Mayor Gyles Insists That He Will He
Hrough) tn Trial.
Aiken. s. t'.. September ;:.? Frederick
0 Beach, the New York millionaire,
will not stand trial at the September
term of the Aiken County Court of
Geh? ral Session on the charge of as?
saulting bis wife and slashing her
throat. Solicitor G?nter, after a con
.-ci.ee with court officials to-day
postponed the trial until next Feb?
ruary.
This action. It Is stated, was made
necessary by the large number of
prisoners in the county Jail whose
cases are to be given precedence.
Charges against Beach grew out of
r mysterious assault on Mrs. Beach at
her winter home here last February.
She was attacked near her home, badly
ruised and her throat cut.
lu reply to the expressed belief that
l'.o.ich never Would face trial. Mayot
Gyles, of this place, asserted to-night
that he would personally assist Solici?
tor Gunter In the prosecution of the
case next February,
PHYSICIAN SEEKS CURE
willing to Give fortune to sn\c III?
< blldrcn.
St. I.ouis. September ?Following
the death of his seVen-year-ohl daugh?
ter, Virginia, from Infantile paralysis,
Or. Robert Edward Wilson, of 1295
I.indall Lonl-vurd. said he would give
a fortune to any physician who would
save the lives of the other three Wil?
son children, who are all ill of the
same dlease at their home In Patten
ville. Mo.
"1 will give $10,000 to the man who
can save my children." was Dr. Wil?
son's cry after his daughter's death.
The scene lu the little girl's room was
so touching Just before ahe died Sat?
urday night that the father was
frantic, and two physicians who had
been tn attendance were so affected
they had to leave the room.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Game \ssoclatlon Vow Headed hy J.
14. Ichleen.
Denver. Col. September a.?The Na?
tional Association of Gaiiie Commis?
sioners and Wardens In sixth biennial
session here last night elected otttcers?
I B. Achlcen, Tennessee, president;
George ii. Graham. Massachusetts,
vice-president; Dn George w. Fields,
Massachusetts, secretary, and ProtessOr
L i? Dychc, Kansas, treasurer
The next meeting place will be de?
cided later by referendum vote.
HOMEWARD RUSH ON
Thnu.nnds of Americans Leave Europa
i his Week.
New York. September 3.?The rush
of Americans homeward bound from
Europe, which has bean noticeable
sine- the llrst week In August, will
reach Its Ugliest po'hl during the next
fortnight and by ihe end of Sqptomber
will have subsided Into the normal
westward tide of travel.
More than .iO.aon Americana will sail
from. English ports this, week In the
lirst and second cabins alone. Tiny
will crowd Into twontj different ships.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
Governor Takea Decisive Action t?
Uucll Disorder.
Charleston. W. Va.. September 3.?
Martial law jvas proclaimed in too ,
strike-affected district along Vacant
and Cabin Creeks this morning. The ler- ?
ritory under the proclamation is a|
mountainous stretch of about twenty |
miles from the I&riawha Rlvor to the
Foyette County line, and about eight:
miles wide. The military commission:
under whose Jurisdiction the commu?
nity now is, consists of seven mem- !
bers who have been Governor
Glascock's conferees, and tho court-;
martial of six. with Lteutenant-Colouel
George S Wallace, of Huntington,!
JUdgl advocate.
The decisive move was precipitated
by the destruction of railroad property
by tlie striking miner:-, who toro up.
tracks in tin attempt to stop the ship-,
ment of coal.
There are more than 6,000 or the
strikers, all of whom nrc declared to j
be armer) With ritles.
The express office at Cabin Creek
tvas broken into and boxes of ammu?
nition and ritles were broken open by,
th strikers, but before they could get
liwuj with them the militia out In an
appearance and captured the loot. Two.
machine guns, 15,000 rounds of nrhmu
:;lii"u and more than a hundred rifles,;
consigned to a coal company, were con-,
ft seated.
All wires ftont the strike gone have'
been int. and communication between'
? trlous military posts Is Impoasl
WILSON IS ATTACKED
Roosevelt \' sells Ills Position on
\ arlous Ruestlous.
st. Louis, Mo., September .1.?Wood-,
row Wilson's stand upon the tariff, tlie
?rusts and th.- proposal for minimum
wage Scales was assailed by Colonel
Roosevelt In a speech hero to-day bo-,
fore the .Missouri Progressive State
Convention'. Colonel Itposevelt left to?
night tor Iowa, whore ho is to make j
a number of speches to-morrow. Tho
Colonel saw nothing of Governor Had-'
ley, wli i remained nt the State capital.
Governor VVllsoni said Colbnel Koose*
. \elt. had paid a warm tribute to tho.
Progressive i lot form, a tribute which
! carinol rcelpri cate as to his plat- ?
form."' li< denied omphatlcall.i that
the Progressive plans on tlie tariff and.
the trusts constituted the party's real
program Turning to the tariff, Giol-.I
onel iioo.sevoit stated ti:at th" Gover?
nor w.is diverting attention froth tho
real Issues when he took up tariff j
changes as the panacea fbr the .evils I
; of the day.
Takln.- up Governor Wilson's crit?
icism of the Progressive policy In re?
gard to regulation of trusts. Colonel
KooKeVolt naked
'If the feomcratlc platform really'
offers any hope for tho solution of the
tr'.ist question, why. during the two
years that Mr. Wilson has been Gover?
nor of New Jersey has nothing been
1 don- under Wilson's load or oven at?
tempted by Mr. Wilson in New Jersey]
for the regulation of the trusts?"
SHOT BY FORMER FIANCE
I'mnl sb.lug Kollows Breaking of
Their Engagement.
Boston, i Mass , September it.?t",er
trUde M. Jordan, of West Somervllle,
in Biilcswomuii In llatighton & Dutton
Co'a store, was shot and fatally wound?
ed by John II. Tralnor, of .fharles
town, this alt"! noon Tralnor and Miss
Jordan had been engaged, and on?Sun
I day they are said lo have had n dis?
agreement and to have broken off the
engagement <
Tills morning tlie man met the wo?
man on Bencon Hill, where she was on
' her way to work, and she shook ? hands
With him at 1:1s request. When she,
entered the ftore Miss Jordan, who Is
tw.-nty-rive years "id. told .one of the!
other employes that Bile expected to
i.e shot before night.
Shortly before. :: j'clock Tralnor en?
tered the.store, going directly to Miss
Jordan's counter When th.- girl saw
him she turned away, but Tralnor
grasped her by the arm nnd aiming
a pistol at her heart,'fired three shots
? .n l! ??( which took effect. Kollow em?
ployes of the wounded girl rushed at
her assailant and disarmed him. Miss'
Jordan? whs removed to the tie lief Hos?
pital in a dylltg condition Tralnor
when arrested was dctiunt. When ask?
ed why he hud shot the girl, he aaldl
"I know what's in .front of ?n I
have thought It all out. I tired at her
br.
TWO ARE DROWNED
<-lr| Loses Life In \?|? l.norl ,,, save
? noipnulon.
M nsiiington, September 3.?Miss An
nlcU Dorothy Nixon, twenty-two \,
old. the daughter of Richard H. Nixon. I
liieinci.il clerk of the Cnlted States
Senate. was drowned nt Colonial
Beach,. Va.. to-day In a vain attempt
!.. rescue Ucr swlmm'ng companion.
Franklin W. Wiseman, aged twenty.
A party of friends. Including Mia
Nixon's two sist. rs, witnessed the i
doubly tragedy from the beach,
Miss Nixon and Wiseman, wearing
bathing suits, had gone out on Ches?
apeake Bay in a rowbont and the boj
j .lap.-d overboard to swim Usltore.
When some distance from the boat he
began to call for help, and tlie girl
tried to ?euch him. Wiseman went
down, and when Miss Nixon attempted ]
to net buck to the boat again she MfUs .
caught by the tide and swept out Into !
the bay to drown. Tbc bodies were re?
covered and brought to Washington
to-night.
Voting Wiseman, whose home was In
Havanna. III., was employed tu th.
Census Bureau.
MOB IS THWARTED
Officers Take Threatened Negroes to
place of Safety.
I Chattanooga, Trim. September 3.?
Chattanooga police thwarted a inbb
that threatened to lynch three negroes
early to-duj by spiriting, their prison?
ers to a secure hilling place, and after
the six or seven hundred nun had
searched ?pH? In the <"ty Jail and the
central police station without result
tllOv peacefully dispersed
I There was practically no disorder as
I the mob inarched through tlie streets.
The negroes were accused of the re?
cent murder of a policeman.
BALL FAN DROPS DEAD
rCxrltrntent of Game Proves Tint Much
for Hint.
Wllkesl.arre. Pa., September ;!.?
Timothy Flanagan, well known here as
it baseball fan. Is dead of heart failure,
th. result of excitement over a partic?
ularly close game between two loci!
teams yesterday. Flanagan, during a
rally, stood on his seat and yelled for
sevoral minutes, until suddenly ho
dropped limp, dying before lie could bo
taken from the grounds.
INVALID SHOOTS HERSELF
?ends Kurse prom Room Hefore At?
tempting to Mint Life.
New Orleans, In., September ?Af?
ter sending her mil. out of iltn room
to-day. Mrs. Katie Verges, forty-eight
years old. arose from tho bed where
she had laid 111 for some time, obtain?
ed a i uvolver and ?hol herselr through
.the bend She Is now In the hospital
witii tlie chances against Ucr recovery;
NO CANDIDATE
GETS MUONTf
OFVERMONTVOTE
Election of Governor
Thus Thrown into
Legislature.
NEW PARTY SHOWS
GREAT STRENGTH
For First Time in Presidential
Year Republican Majority Dis-.
appears. While Democrats
Make Distinct Gains and
Progressives Are Run?
ning a Close Third.
Honors to Democrats
and Progressives
w hilf River Junction, Vt., Sep?
tember 3,?The Progressives nn''
Democrat* wuu I he honors of the
Vermont State election lo-day, tor
although Hie Republican* carried
ilir state <>n n plurality vote, there
was no election by n ntnlnrlly vote,
aad Ihe choice of a tlovernor nn?
thrown Into the Legislature,
The Republicans "III have n suf?
ficient majority to elect \IIpii ji.
Fletcher and rcmalader of thr
State ticket.
The mil- for the live candidate!
for Governor, from fill of tbe nix
eitlen nml from 106 out of ;M0 towns
trnai
Allen SI. Fletcher, "f Cavendish,
Republican, ;>.,;,!.
Ilnrland II. Ilorre. of St. .lotans
bury. Democrat, I7..',ni.
The Um, r'raaer Metzger, of linn,
dolph, Progressive, |ll,.1.t4,
Clement F. Smith, of Morrlsvllte,
Prohibitionist, t.flll.
Kreil \\ . suitor, of nnrre. Social?
ist, 11711,
Returns up to midnight showed
that the next Legislature ?III ran
lulu 110 ItepttblleanM, no Democrats
and M Progressives, nf the Inner
branch, as ?eil as Hilrtr Republi?
can Senators,
W hit,. River Junction, Vt? September
:t?The strength of the new Progres
nlve party lu its first llue-up against
the older parties and the disappearance
nf ilic llcpubllcan mnjorlty for the ilrst
time lu teu years, and Hie llr.it time
in ilie history of the Mute In u presi?
dential year were Ihe outstanding
features of the State election In Ver?
mont to-day.
it was apparent early in the even?
ing that there had been no election by
the people, although .t Miillclent num?
ber of Republican representatives are
successful to scent to ensure the choice
of Allen M, Fletcher, of Cavendish, by
tit,. Legislature.
For many years political students
have pointed out that any decrease In
the Republican majority in Vermont
In September below the normal of
25,000 has been followed almost Invari?
ably by the party's defeat In the presi?
dential tight In November. These ma?
jorities, which have averaged close to
"0,000 In all the State elections In
Vermont In presidential years since
IS92, were represented to-duy by a
baru plurality.
Thi- Republican loss apparently went
in .i great degree to the Progressives
and to somewhat Lsses extent to the
Democrats.
The falling off In the Republican
vote begun with the. rtrst returns
while the Progressives gained all along
the line, in some cases carrying towns
which had heretofore been regarded as
strongly Republican.
Progressiv! leaders were greatly
pleased with the result. It was pointed
out that the party hail gone Into tho
light with an organization that was
hew to politics, and was forced to
make up with notable orators what It'
lacked in party management, with
Colonel Roosevelt leading the charge.
The Democratic managers also derived
satisfaction from the early returns,
showing as they did decided gains over
two and tour years ago. They also
pointed out that these gains had been
made despite the claims of the Pro
gr< sslve speakers that the latter party
would recruit some of Its strength
from lu rhocrats,
Wilson Makes .N?> Comment.
Seagirt, N. J.. September :i.?Gover?
nor W'ls'jn vus shown tho Associated
l ie.-.., returns from Vermont to-night
and trad the results with Interest, but
declared he would not make any com
me lit on tho election whatever Us re?
sult. '
meet Teat h on "rails
.pic struck W bile oil Wny to >iu
llon.
T.i i" ry town. N. Y. September J.?
Anna Lynch, twenty jnirs old, of Mcr
iden, Conn.. and Thomas Talboti
twenty-five, wore struck and instant?
ly killed by a New York Central train
lo re shortly .before midnight.
Miss Lynch came here yesterday to
visit friends. Talbot was accompany?
ing her to tho .-'alien when, instead
of taking an overhead bridge, they
tried a short-cut across the tracks. Tho
locomotive of a fast freight hit them,
killing them Instantly and carr> ing
their bodies along lor a mile or more.
attacked by rats
f hlldren Helloed 10 He Hjtng n?
Result ?>( Bites,
Wllkesharre. Pa.. Septemher 3.--Thi
two small daughters of Arthur G.-th
Ing. II fainter living near here, ire be?
lieved to be dying from injuries re?
ceived when they were attacked In bed
by a largo rat. which - bit them re
pentcdls about the face and chest.
Gethlng was awakened In tho middld
of the night by the sounds of tho"
struggle and succeeded In killing tho*
tat With a blow from his shoe.